MVPs, please participate in this Opinion Poll

[Jason]

For WinXP, irrespective of freeware/cost

1. Which is the best disk partitioning utility

2. The best firewall

3. Most effective defragmenter (overall)

4. The best Instant Messaging s/w

5. The best browser/addin browser (like cb or myIE)

6. The best Media Player for your music and video

7. Best newsreader and mail client for small scale

8. The best download manager if you use one

9. The best registry cleaner if you use one

10. The best CD burning software

11.. Your favourite game, if you play any

The replies should make this a pretty interesting thread so please do reply.
It will also help other users. Cheers.. thanks.

 

[Ken Blake]

For WinXP, irrespective of freeware/cost

[Eleven "which is the best..." questions snipped.]

The replies should make this a pretty interesting thread so please do reply.
It will also help other users.

I don't agree at all. Questions like these generate opinions, not
answers. And because one person's opinion may be diametrically
opposed to the next one's, arguments often result. That sort of
stuff helps nobody.

 

[kurttrail]

For WinXP, irrespective of freeware/cost

1. Which is the best disk partitioning utility

A Guillotine.

2. The best firewall

The one that's between you and any fire.

3. Most effective defragmenter (overall)

Viagra.

4. The best Instant Messaging s/w

The effin' telephone, and not the cellular type.

5. The best browser/addin browser (like cb or myIE)

In general, any man. Women just take too long browsing while shopping.

6. The best Media Player for your music and video

A really expensive stereo system.

7. Best newsreader and mail client for small scale

Paper & ink.

8. The best download manager if you use one

Trojan rubbers.

9. The best registry cleaner if you use one
Clorox.


10. The best CD burning software

Microwaves make cool colored sparks when you burn a CD with it.

11.. Your favourite game, if you play any

Answering stupid polls with answers the pollster wasn't looking for.

The replies should make this a pretty interesting thread so please do
reply. It will also help other users. Cheers.. thanks.

Your Welcome. ;-)

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"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"

 

[IceFire]

Silly way to put these questions.

I'll answer them cause I work in IT Tech Division, and we do lot's and lot's
of testing on hardware and SoftWare.

Answers to:
1. If the case is W2K or Wxp, then the standard Disk Management will do want
u want. That is if u set up the disks properly beforehand.

2. Depends on how afraid you are. And how valualbe/critical what u want to
protect. As u said if $$$ is not a Prob, then I would choose a combination
of an outside firewall with CheckPoint and inside with ISA.

3. Norton.

4. I use Windows Messenger. But again, it depends on if its features please
u or not. If you're looking at things from a technical standpoint, then
again, it all depends on features and functionaltty, and network traffic it
causes or not, the way it reacts with your OS. Where I work our company uses
Windows messenger. We have around 20,000 people online who use this type of
messenging. Seems to work quite well.

5. I do not recommend third party AddIns.

6. 1st Win Media Player - 2nd WinAmp

7. Outlook Express

8. Download accelerator plus.

9. I do not use registry cleaners, they at least one in every ten uses, mess
things up. Evenly if it is very light the damage.

10. The most reliable one we tested was Nero.

11. I like Tycoon ... Whatever flavour. I've played most and I kinda like
them all.


Bernardo

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Disagree strongly. This will "survey" just waste bandwidth and
clog the news groups with irrelevancies.

Bruce Chambers

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[Tim Slattery]

7. Best newsreader and mail client for small scale

Pegasus mail (www.pmail.com), and Agent (www.forteinc.com/agent)

 

[Ted]

Greetings --

Disagree strongly. This will "survey" just waste bandwidth and
clog the news groups with irrelevancies.

Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!

How ****ing irrelevant can you be?

 

[Ted]

No such creature


Konqueror, Mozilla, Opera...take your pick


Xine, MPlayer, Ogle...take your pick


Pine, Mutt, Sylpheed...take your pick


No such creature


XCD-Roast, K3b, CDBakeoven, GToaster, CD-Record, etc...


WarCraft III, FreeSpace (all), Chromium, Pysol...


Amethyst *should* be here reaming your ass for posting 'off-topic' shit like
this, but since she's sucked the asses of a bunch of mvp's, and you've
addressed this to only mvp's, she'll let this go, after all, if she's going to
be a hypocrite, she might as well do it right and all the time.

I agree with this post!

 

[DILIP]

Since it's a free for all, see inline..

--
DILIP

For WinXP, irrespective of freeware/cost

1. Which is the best disk partitioning utility

Partition Magic for me..

2. The best firewall
ZAP

3. Most effective defragmenter (overall)
VoptXP


4. The best Instant Messaging s/w

Trillian Pro

5. The best browser/addin browser (like cb or myIE)

Crazy Browser!!!

6. The best Media Player for your music and video

Music - I use Winamp2.91
Video - WMP9

7. Best newsreader and mail client for small scale

OE - I need nothing else.

8. The best download manager if you use one

Internet Download Manager

9. The best registry cleaner if you use one

Regvac and jv16 in conjuction

10. The best CD burning software
Nero


11.. Your favourite game, if you play any

I can't give you just one
Quake3 Arena, Doom,Diablo 2, Warcraft II/III and DuneII (the building of a
dynasty). I was crazy about NFSIII at one point of time.